I encountered a Common Raven alighting and foraging in the wettest spot in the NE corner of the field at Freese x Hanshaw (a spot just SW of the corner signs). The nearest pair of crows was quite upset at this, diving at it, but it didn’t even look at them while landing.
It captured something quite frog-like, used its feet in some way to carry it up and transfer the prey to its bill, and flew off East down Hanshaw. It got out of sight before I could see where it went beyond old Ludgate Farms. Quite possibly the same one/pair that I have encountered foraging along Hanshaw just a bit north of 13. But after that, where??? Could there be a raven nest fairly close to Sapsucker Woods? Also, for those keeping track of raptors: a) for the 3rd time since Thursday, a Broadwing Hawk was circling overhead in the vicinity of the DeWitt Middle School playing fields; b) a Merlin pair is back on Christopher Lane area since early last week and as of today, appears to have successfully harrased our oldest female crow (19 years old) off her nest and established their access to the nest. Anne -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
